The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Australian Camel Transport crossing the Libyan Desert between Mersa Matruh and Umjeila.
A camel train laden with Sydney War Chest and Australian Comforts Fund gifts trekking across the Libyan Desert from Mersa Matruh Landing on the North African coast to the Western Frontier. (Donor Sir
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-07-18. ROAD SIGN ON THE WESTERN DESERT ROAD BETWEEN MERSA MATRUH AND ALEXANDRIA.
DRAINING FLOOD WATER INTO AN ANTI-TANK DITCH NEAR MERSA MATRUH. HEAVY RAINS TURNED THE HARD, SUNBAKED DESERT INTO A VAST LAKE A FEW DAYS PRIOR TO THE OPENING OF THE SECOND LIBYAN CAMPAIGN.
DRAINING FLOOD WATER INTO AN ANTI-TANK DITCH NEAR MERSA MATRUH. HEAVY RAINS TURNED THE HARD, SUNBAKED DESERT INTO A VAST LAKE A FEW DAYS PRIOR TO THE OPENING OF THE SECOND LIBYAN CAMPAIGN.
DRAINING FLOOD WATER INTO AN ANTI-TANK DITCH NEAR MERSA MATRUH. HEAVY RAINS TURNED THE HARD, SUNBAKED DESERT INTO A VAST LAKE A FEW DAYS PRIOR TO THE OPENING OF THE SECOND LIBYAN CAMPAIGN.
Mersa Matruh, Western Desert, Egypt. c. 1943. View of Mersa Matruh.
